I'd love to fool around with an old DOS laptop again.

My first was a T-1000 Toshiba with Zen Word on a disk. When I quit my radio job and wrote my audionbook cassette guide "The DOS Tape" I used it to confirm what I was saying was accurate, but wrote the script on an early Mac!

But now DOS laptops are "collectable."

LOL. I am not the owner of these. Someone on eBay wants $1,000 for the whole set.

The company that made them in 1998 gave me one and I still have it. Happily, I opted for the parallel port version and recently bought a Windows XP laptop that has parallel, serial AND USB ports AND DVD so I should be able to run it after all these years.

Apparently someone is selling this batch from the estate of a person involved with the old LEAF camera system.

Essentially it makes 3 BW photos shot through R, G and B filters and combines them.

This is meant for still subjects but moving clouds come out very odd!

We've come a LONG way since 1998.

Apparently pointing out an eBay listing with a link gets deleted.

SoundVision brand cameras.

This person probably got this at a estate sale. TEN 1998 Sound Vision tethered digital using a triple exposure/color wheel system.

Rare boat anchors.

But TEN intact ones with parallel cables and Windows 3.1 drivers?

Rotsa Ruck!

They were $2,200 each in 1998.

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I've just started writing a small semi "how to" book after publishing "How To Buy Your First Digital Camera" years ago and a follow-up, "How To Use The Digital Camera You Just Bought."

The working title is "The Spirit Of Photography" and is a overview of decades of cameras found everywhere and how they differ in use.

This book is NOT for this crowd. It is for the post-smartphone crowd who "discovers" some older film or digital camera and needs some basic guidance about how it works.

I was inspired by the sudden surge of interest in adapting 70's lenses and now the idea that CCD digital cameras deliver images that are more "film-like." I don't agree, but I see an opportunity to fill a need.

I couldn't help but laugh.

This reminded me of the episode of "Married With Children" where there is a heat wave and Al Bundy gets a deal on a HUGE WWII German Army air-conditioner (still with iron cross markings on the side).

After extolling what a good buy the thing is, he plugs it in, turn it on, and knocks out power to the whole neighborhood.

Great place to get an education from both sides : consumer or provider.

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I am fortunate to have some good DNA and have not been in a hospital or had any procedure since birth. I'm 75.
This is an online response I posted to the NYT about the cost of weight-loss shots, etc.

"I know that for some, these drugs are needed, so don't get me wrong here. During the pandemic lock-down I worked from home. No dining out, no snacks on the way to/from work, no lunches at fast-food places. At home, a family member cannot eat wheat gluten and citric acid, so basically ALL pre-made food, ready to eat food, heat 'n eat, etc, is not consumed. We cook from scratch, and a year into the lockdown we tried going plant-based. We shopped the produce/fruit area and ordered a variety of grains. I learned to make great baked beans with dry pintos, curry, plain mustard and molasses . My pants kept getting loose. Dropped from a 40-42 waist to a 36-38. Dropped 50+ pounds, cut blood pressure meds in half. Weigh less than I when I was a chubby 18. I'm 75 now. Factory food is NOT your friend, fast-food is NOT your friend, restaurant food is NOT your friend. I'm no finger wagging vegan. Just someone who broke out of being hypnotized into thinking that the commercial food industry is good for you. It is not. It will kill you or make you miserable."

Aha! Kinda like "discovering" Vivitar and Soligar T-Mount lenses!

I count 24+ SOLD -all above $100.

That's odd for a 2009 10 MP point and shoot.

Did you go do "advanced" and check SOLD box?

I have 12 and 16 MP versions of this nice little camera, but they are not going for the $100-$200 "sold" price on eBay.

Is some pop star using one?

Did some blogger praise them?

It's an auto-only camera 10 MP model with a live view where you can adjust contrast, saturation, etc. and see it on the screen, but you also do that with the 12 & 16 MP models.

Some the word got out among some group. Influencers? Taylor Swift using one?

Many thanks for the useful responses.

Nature is NOT a Disney movie.

Someone here made and offhanded remark about focus peaking not always being accurate.

Would someone care to expand on that?

Once upon a time there was an inflatable changing bag that formed a box. You might want to construct a light tight box and sacrifice the sleeves from an outerwear jacket to put on the sides.